The real Gail Runciter was replaced behind the scenes, and his LMD became active when Nick Fury directed a mission to obtain the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier's Power Core in the deserts of New Mexico; Runciter helped fighting Hydra, which had arrived to battle S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to take the Core for theirselves.[3]